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How to not be a jerk as restaurants reopen, according to servers

The service industry was hit hard by the pandemic. When restaurants and bars closed, many bartenders and servers were furloughed or laid off. Ones who did work faced higher risk of COVID-19 infection because of their required close interaction with…

Mic · Jul 19, 2021

45 products that work SO well, they just might be life-changing

In baseball, you traditionally put your best batter in the number-four slot in your lineup. That's your heaviest hitter — the one who has the biggest potential of hitting it out of the ballpark and scoring not just one run for the team, but four.…

Mic · Jul 18, 2021

42 things that significantly upgrade your backyard for under $35 on Amazon

Designing your outdoor space isn't cheap. From buying flowers to shoveling dirt, sprucing up your yard takes effort — and money. But you don't have to spend a ton to get your outside looking picture-perfect. In fact, there are dozens of products on…

Mic · Jul 18, 2021

Pop Smoke's 'Faith' is why posthumous albums shouldn't be the living writing a future for the dead

Death can be a prison for the dead trapped in the vision of the living. Posthumous albums are inherently, at best, interpretations of the fallen artist's intentions molded by how those who are still alive feel the music would fit today. The news of…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

Phoebe Bridgers and John Mulaney announced tour dates and the internet imploded

Phoebe Bridgers went from an indie darling playing smaller venues with modest crowds to a household name with four Grammy nominations over the course of the pandemic. The June 2020 release of her hit album Punisher was somehow for Bridgers…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

A depressed comedian does a mental health podcast. The punchline is a profound hour of radio

It’s hard to articulate what depression feels like. When I’m in a pit, everything feels harder, more depleting, a struggle. I’m zapped of inspiration, motivation, creativity — the spark that makes me feel vibrant and alive. When you have depression,…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

Caitlyn Jenner is reportedly filming a new reality show instead of campaigning for governor of California

Caitlyn Jenner insists she's running to replace California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom because she wants to "get this state moving in the right direction." To date, however, her efforts have been decidedly, uh, well, let's just say she hasn't…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

Florida's Republican Governor is selling anti-Fauci merch while his state leads a nationwide COVID surge

Given the promise of reopened restaurants, relaxed mask mandates, and a steady surge of vaccines flowing into arms, it would be easy to mistake this summer as the end of the Coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than half a million people in the…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

Ted Cruz and Matt Gaetz are the last people who should be talking about #FreeBritney

For a case that only stands to have one victor if she prevails, the fight to end Britney Spears's 13-year abusive conservatorship has the public interest in a frenzy. From what was originally a hashtag used to organize small protests of "five to…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021

Conservative grifters are selling a cheap Chinese smartphone as a solution to Big Tech censorship

Apple and Google essentially have a duopoly over the smartphone market and use their dominance to their own benefit, stifling competition and milking money out of creators for the privilege of operating within their restrictive platforms. This is a…

Mic · Jul 16, 2021